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Interior Design

Pro Tips to Elevate your Home Décor: Mood Boards

If you were to hire an interior designer, the first creative part of their process (having already gathered information and inspiration from you) would be to create a mood board. And if it’s good enough for the pros, it’s good enough for you. A mood board is a visual synopsis Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 2 years29th October 2020 ago
Interior Design

Pro Tips to Elevate your Home Décor: The Red Thread.

The red thread (also known as a golden thread) is basically a common thread that you weave throughout your home’s décor. It is the magic trick that can create a sense of cohesion if the colour palette, and even styles, differ somewhat between adjoining spaces. We want to create a Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 2 years21st September 2020 ago
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Interior Design

Pro Tips to Elevate your Home Décor: Room Layout.

This is the second in a series of tips on home décor. The crucial guideline in good interior design is this: form follows function. Meaning how well a space functions is the priority, and how it looks comes next. And when it comes to a well-functioning space, room layout is Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 2 years31st August 2020 ago
Interior Design

Pro Tips to Elevate your Home Décor.

Last week Ireland’s House and Home magazine reported that their May/June issue was the best selling in ten years! Proof, if you needed it, that lockdown has significantly amplified the desire to update and upgrade our home décor. I personally believe that loving our homes is an important self-care practice. Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 3 years29th July 2020 ago
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Interior Design

Key Colour Effects to Consider before Hitting the DIY Stores.

Unsurprisingly, lockdown has stimulated our appetites for home improvement. And this is a good thing for our mental and emotional wellbeing, as our home environment has a huge role to play in that. Colour in particular has a significant impact on our moods and on our rooms. For that reason, Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 3 years22nd May 2020 ago
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Interior Design

Virtual Interior Design Consultations in aid of Women’s Aid.

I believe that, regardless of ownership, our homes should be true sanctuaries. Our home needs to be a safe space for us to nurture our wellbeing on all levels. But for those living with domestic violence, staying home does not equal staying safe. Throughout the lockdown I have been thinking Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 3 years6th May 2020 ago
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Interior Design

Making Small Spaces Feel Bigger While Breaking the Colour Rules.

I recently gave my living room a bit of a makeover and I’m going to share here some tips for making small spaces feel bigger. In interior design there is some conventional advice for how to decorate small spaces that has a sound logical basis. Number one on the list Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 3 years30th March 2020 ago
Interior Design

True & False Monochrome, and Other Colour Schemes.

I was half way through my interior design course before I hit the colour module and got something of a shock: Contrary to popular opinion – including no shortage of high-profile professionals in the field – monochrome is not black and white. And now, whenever an architect on the telly Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 3 years2nd November 2019 ago
Interior Design

The Immense Difference a Lick of Paint can Make.

Never underestimate the power of paint to have all kinds of transformative effects on a space. Here I’m showing you an incomplete makeover, to illustrate the powerful difference a new paint job can make – even if you don’t change anything else. On the right we have the old colour, Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 4 years16th June 2019 ago
Interior Design

WIN a Room Design!

A Free Room Design is up for Grabs! Are you planning on updating a room in your home, and would welcome the help of an interior designer? I’m running a competition over on Facebook and one person will receive the prize of a room design, which includes all of the Read more…

By HildaCarroll, 4 years19th February 2019 ago

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